ZyXEL Communications 1000 User Manual

 Chapter 13 Interfaces

ZyWALL USG 1000 User’s Guide

Figure 249   Configuration > Network > Interface > Ethernet     

Each field is described in the following table.  

Table 58   Configuration > Network > Interface > Ethernet

Edit

Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen 
where you can modify the entry’s settings. 

Remove

To remove a virtual interface, select it and click Remove. The 
ZyWALL confirms you want to remove it before doing so.

Activate

To turn on an interface, select it and click Activate.

Inactivate

To turn off an interface, select it and click Inactivate.

Create Virtual 
Interface

To open the screen where you can create a virtual Ethernet interface, 
select an Ethernet interface and click Create Virtual Interface.

Object References Select an entry and click Object References to open a screen that 

shows which settings use the entry. See 

 

for an example.

#

This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with any 
interface.

Status

This icon is lit when the entry is active and dimmed when the entry is 
inactive.

Name

This field displays the name of the interface.

IP Address

This field displays the current IP address of the interface. If the IP 
address is 0.0.0.0, the interface does not have an IP address yet.

This screen also shows whether the IP address is a static IP address 
(STATIC) or dynamically assigned (DHCP). IP addresses are always 
static in virtual interfaces.

Mask

This field displays the interface’s subnet mask in dot decimal notation.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

Reset

Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.